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Version date: 8 March 2005 - onwards

10. Offence of terrorist bombing.

(1) Subject to subsections (4) to (6), a person is guilty of an offence if he or she, in or outside the State, unlawfully and intentionally delivers, places, discharges or detonates an explosive or other lethal device in, into or against -

(a) a place of public use,

(b) a state or government facility,

(c) a public transportation system, or

(d) an infrastructure facility,

with intent to cause death or serious bodily injury.

(2) Subject to subsections (4) to (6), a person is guilty of an offence if -

(a) he or she, in or outside the State, unlawfully and intentionally delivers, places, discharges or detonates an explosive or other lethal device in, into or against a place, facility or system referred to in any paragraph of subsection (1) with intent to cause extensive destruction to that place, facility or system, and

(b) the destruction results in or is likely to result in major economic loss.

(3) Subject to subsections (4) to (6), a person who attempts to commit an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence.